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Texas dealer gets guru’s Rolls-Royces
Associated Pr.ss
T| I^J^A I'ARROLLTON —A ritzy, glitzy
\ convoy of H5 Rolls-Rotccs rolled into
T Hllas Tliursday amd a forest of
ed the tirsthali /|» v i s * on cameras aid the oohs and
| . 0 „ ram J ®ns of dozens of spectators.
a 111 minute u fleet ol « aid 7 f ol ‘ s P’ for -
resumedthepirlT'y l D he . P‘»pertyM the Bhagwan
iabreand Spul S1 f ee *4 »ow ofDa las-
eiruasu.iidrt f^ 1 au,() dealer Robert Roethhs-
;berger, needed a, good wash but
otherwise weatheitd their four-day
Vk from the gum’s defunct com-
, . mine in central Oregon,
organized ihesJK housands d inquiries have
/ears ago. flooded his office since Roethlis-
i-irst hunt: ^i^., sealed the Rolls deal last week
u with a ragtimt*^ iRajneeshpuidtn in Oregon, and
well bv a tnbuit .| ie | sa i ( | he has hid four offers to buy
he mbuie in (h | wh() i e fleet.
L)h Susanna,
1 Man River’’
Commune-dwellers sent the cars to their leader (Bhag
wan Shree Rajneesh) as gifts, in part because the gurus
“bad back was uncomfortable in any other car. ”
— Veef Mano, a former member of Rajneesh’s public
relations staff
direftor of i
Although reluctant to say how
much he paid for the expensive cars,
Roethlisberger concedes it was
“about $7 million.” That breaks
down to about $82,350 per car —not
bad, considering that new Rolls start
at about $110,000.
Mrs. Roethlisberger plans to save
one of the cars for the family — “1
haven’t decided which one yet,” she
said.
Some of the autos bear the sedate
paint jobs that are the hallmark of
the dignified Rolls. But others sport
flames, fluorescent green metalf-
lake, flowers, sea foam, clouds and
lightning bolts that were added at
the commune.
The collection also includes an ar
mor-plated stretch limousine whose
front doors weigh 600 pounds
apiece, he said.
The cars were put up for sale af
ter Rajneesh left the commune Nov.
14 to return to his native India. He
was ordered to leave the United
States after pleading guilty to two
federal immigration charges.
Roethlisberger hired four of the
guru’s public relations staff tempo
rarily to answer questions about the
commune. Veet Mano said his fellow
commune-dwellers sent the cars to
their leader as gifts, in part because
the guru’s “badhack was uncomfort
able in any other car.”
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Salvadoran convict seeks delay of execution
Assodated Press
HOUSTON-— A Salvadoran con
vict has appealed
to
the U.S. Su-
pilme Court t > delay his scheduled
execution for 30 days because he
could not get alawyer.
and received
a its ending nu
nd's next perfo
Imsima
Hi he appeal filed by attorney Will
Piliy on behalf of Jose Guzman is
5>a£id on the unavailablity of legal
counsel at the federal level and on
ptfedble regulirities in the jury selec-
v '. [ion process.
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Guzman, 24, is scheduled to die
by lethal injection Monday for the
Feb. 4, 1984 murder of a Fort Worth
man at a service station near Corsi-
Maria Elena Castellanos, a legal
adviser to the Jose Guzman Defense
Committee, said Guzman was “left
hanging without counsel” after the
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
upheld the lower court decision Oct.
6.
Guzman told The Houston Post in
an interview published Thursday
that he was innocent of the slaying.
“I did not kill him. I did not kill
him,” Guzman said repeatedly, dur
ing an interview with The Houston
Post. Instead, he blamed the shoot
ing on a companion.
Navarro County authorities, how-
ever, say Guzman was the gunman.
“They’re killing the right man,” Cor
sicana Police Detective Sgt. Lewis
Palos said.
Guzman was convicted of mur
dering 62-year-oid Henry Finch at a
service station on Interstate 45 south
of Corsicana.
Navarro County District Attorney
Pat Batchelor, who prosecuted the
case, said Guzman and two compan
ions demanded Finch’s auto when
their own apparently could not be
repaired. Wnen Finch attempted to
pull one of the men from his auto,
Guzman shot him in the chest.
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tions available through Dec. 11 and are due Dec. 12 in 208
Pavilion.
INTER VARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: will have a
hauijuet lot graduating seniors at 6 p.m. in 206 MSC. Cost
CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: will have a leadership
training class at 7 p.m. in 701 Rudder.
THE ASSOCIATION OF AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS:
will havy a public viewing session of Halley’s Comet and
other celestial objects at 7 p.m. at Soiuhwootf Athletic Park.
COLOMBIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION; will meet at 7
p.m. at Tampico Tacos in Culpepper Plaza.
HILLEL FOUNDATION: will have Sabbath services and
community service night at 8 p.m.
CO-OP STUDENTS REGISTRATION: Students scheduled
to work bn co-op in Spring 1986 must register now tor
their co-op course in the Central Co-op Office (Rm. 167
Harringfim). For students who do not yetjhave their co-op
job assignments finalized, co-op registration will continue
through Decembet 13.
MSC HOSPITALITY: Christmas Can Drive through Dec. 13.
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THE ASSOCIATION OF AMATEUR
will have a public viewing session of Halley’s Comet and
other celeitial objects at 7 p.m. at Southwood Athletic Park.
FRESHMAN EMERGING LEADERS SEMINAR: Applica
tions avaiktble in 208 Pavilion through Dec. 11 and are due
Dec. 12. ■ I ;:T : 1 fo’:
MSC HOSPITALITY: will have a Christmas tree lighting cer
emony at 9:15 p.m. Reception following the program.
MSC HOSPITALITY: Pictures with the
Christmas elves 10 a.m.-2 p.m. by Rue.
dav Fashion Show at noon m MSC Mail! Lounge presented
by Ladies and Lords and MSC Hospitality.
MSC INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS COMMITTEE: will
have a panel discussion at 7:30 p.m. m 206 MSC: "The Im-
portam e of Second Languages m Irttcmational Business.’’
PHI THETA KAPPA ALUMNI: will have a Christmas party
at 7:3d p m. at Kevin Carreather’s house (map in Pavilion
booth).
STUDENT AGRICULTURAL COUNCIL: will meet at 7
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TCU prof winning ££ CkicO'
acclaim for study
of American Indian
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Associated Press
FORT WORTH — As a kid,
Texas Christian University history
professor R. David Edmunds always
found himself rooting for the Indi
ans in movies.
He admits his heritage probably
had something to do with that. He’s
one-eighth Cherokee.
“But for the most part, it was just
the fascination (with Indians),” said
the 46-year-old award-winning au
thor and consultant on Indian af
fairs.
When he isn’t writing about Indi
ans, he is working with universities
or Indian tribes as a consultant.
His dedication has reaped many
diverse awards, including the 1985
TCU Chancellor’s Award for Distin
guished Research and Creative Ac
tivity — an award that’s sweetened
with a $ 10,()()() check.
Along with general history
courses at TCU, Edmunds has
taught several classes relating to In
dians, including one course de
signed to help future teachers un
derstand the differences between
ethnic groups.
When he teaches his ethnicity
class, American history begins much
earlier than 1492 when Columbus
discovered the New World. North
America already had viable civiliza
tions by then.
As Columbus landed, an esti
mated 35,000 people were thriving
along the banks of the Mississippi in
the city of Cahokia across from what
is now St. Louis.
“Inside North America, they had
the rise and fall of civilizations just as
they (Europeans) did the rise and
fall of Greek and Roman empires,”
Edmunds said.
Experts believe the number of na
tive Americans figures close to 10
million.
Indians’ numbers dropped dra
matically because they were very sus
ceptible to the Europeans’ diseases.
Except for dealing with new dis
eases, Indians were far more ad
vanced in health care and agricul
ture than Europeans when colonists
landed on the eastern shoreline.
But, unlike the colonists, they lacked
skills in metallurgy and in organiza
tion of large numbers of people.
Until the 1930s, their numbers
continued to decrease. At that time,
health conditions for the tribes im
proved and the numbers changed
directions.
“Now, they are predominantly
young and are reproducing so fast
that reservations no longer nave op
portunities for young people,” Ed
munds said.
About one out of two Indians live
in metropolitan areas. Los Angeles
has the biggest population, partly
beause many traveled there when
Oklahoma was a part of the Dust
Bowl in the 1930s and because of a
last-ditch government attempt in the
1950s to assimilate Indians into so
ciety, Edmunds said.
The Fort Worth-Dallas area has
an Indian population of about
20,000.
Formerly, the major issue for In
dians was tne return of land taken by
whites. Now that demand is giving
way to protection of the remaining
land base, Edmunds said.
What was given to the Indian as
poor, arid land is becoming more
valuable. Beneath some of it are lay
ers of coal. Indian land in Arizona
encompasses the upper sections of
the Colorado River, which holds wa
ter sought after by California and
Arizona.
Under treaty, many Indians have
the right to take vast quanities of wa
ter.
“They have not exercised it (the
right) in the past,” but if they move
toward industrialization of their
lands a real fight might be brewing,
Edmunds said.
“That is the coming thing, and it
will get a lot hairier before it is over,”
he said.
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